Nonprofit Behind Large Donations in Greensboro

NEWS & RECORD

GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 3, 2015) — When the executive director of a coalition of local groups working on ending homelessness met Elizabeth Carlock Phillips of the Phillips Foundation, he was just looking for a grant to cover a pending $79,000 bill connected to a data system.

“Halfway through the conversation, Elizabeth turned to me and said, ‘What would you do with a million-dollar grant?’ ” said Darryl Kosciak of Partners Ending Homelessness. “It took me a second because you don’t hear that every day.”

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You don’t. But then, the Phillips Foundation is not your everyday charitable organization.

Phillips, the executive director, said the foundation is focused on “once-in-a-generation” projects.